STATKUS ARCHITECTURE
We listen. We create.
Statkus Architecture is an independent architectural practice based in Northcote, Melbourne, established by architect Ben Statkus in 2008.
The practice focuses on design-led residential architecture, with an emphasis on sustainable building outcomes, thoughtful responses to place, and the careful integration of light, space and material.
Each project is approached as an opportunity to create architecture that is distinctive yet enduring, balancing conceptual clarity with practical resolution and an appreciation for the way people inhabit their surroundings.
With experience spanning architectural practice, technical development and architectural education, Statkus Architecture brings a considered and collaborative approach to projects, from the development of the initial design idea through to the resolution of architectural detail.
Dubbed the disco house given a rotating mirror ball is located over a curved stair and under a circular skylight. While the mirror ball reflects sunlight, moonlight and strategically placed stage lights, the house itself has been configured to bring natural light to the central hub of the house, allowing a daily dance of light and shadow across the interior.
This was a complete renovation and upper storey extension to an inner Melbourne house inspired by music and cooking and a thorough investigation into the typology of the existing Victorian house along with a previous 2000s designed extension.
For pals Georgie & Nick, this was a lengthy but rewarding project that comprised an extension to a single fronted masonry Victorian terrace house.
We teased out many design iterations from a suspended Monkey Magic cloud studio, dramatically formed ceilings and ultimately a sprung roofed rear extension linked to the original house by a curved gallery hall of polished concrete, cedar and polished venetian plaster.
Crafted on site by Rob and his team from Superior Melbourne Homes, we are proud of the outcome and are privileged to have been able to enjoy the house with the owners over a few glasses of wine, good times and BBQs.
We were initially engaged to review the carport configuration for this wonderfully located house that backs onto a well used local park. The family and community minded clients expanded the brief, resulting in an extensively reconfigured, renovated and extending family home.
Formally, this project engages with how a sustainable and contemporary approach responds positively to the ubiquitous bungalow family house typology.
The landscape by Ben Saunders Landscaping is establishing well and growing, along with the family, while we hope the house will continue to provide a comfortable, enjoyable and engaging backdrop.
